Monday, 15 June 2015

No 11421, Monday 15 Jun 2015, Afterdark


ACROSS
1   Booklover's broken mobile almost accepted by Indian merchant as I entered (11) BIBLIOMANIA {B{I}{MOBILe*}ANIA}
9   Sample half of salads, appetizers, soup, starters and snacks (7) SAMOSAS {SAMple}{O}{S}{A}{S}
10 In theory, no new pacer sheds calories to gain power (2,5) ON PAPER {NO}* {PA(-c+p)PER}
11 Beanpoles assemble, release plan to become fat (5) OBESE BEanpOlES*
12 In party, dinner service is displayed by Asian peninsula (9) INDOCHINA {IN}{DO}{CHINA}
13 Kangaroo stench in sleeping place (5) ROOST [T]
15 Then, while going out, penny-farthing can be used to get an utensil (6,3) FRYING PAN {PenNY+FARthING}*
18 Trappings at new casino has standard (9) CAPARISON {CA{PAR}ISON*}
21 Join Steffi, say at the last court (5) GRAFT {GRAF}{c..rT}
22 Beaten sides meet in dishonour (9) DISESTEEM*
24 Bolt's last run's around one minute, second best by the clock (5) TIMER {bolT}{1}{M}{bEst}{R}
26 Touching a new man is tense at first... (7) TANGENT {T}{A}{N}{GENT}
27 ...clean him heartlessly applying fresh soap and love (7) SHAMPOO {HiM+SOAP}* and {O}
28 Tie is the end result between two equals (11) EVENSTEVENS {EVENS}{r...lT}{EVENS}

DOWN
1   Biopic shot around HSR Layout diocese (9) BISHOPRIC {BIOPIC+HSR}*
2   2/3rd of Bombay has English dessert (5) BOMBE {BOMBay}{E}
3   Police officer finds fleeing sniper lying around broken cot (9) INSPECTOR {INSPE{CTO*}R*}
4   In India, fun is having a very loud dog (7) MASTIFF {MASTI}{FF}
5   No, Honda chief will be out by end of July, 12 PM. (7) NOONDAY {NO+hONDA}{julY}
6   L&T Project’s revolutionary plastic jelly (5) ASPIC PlAStIC*
7   Ape has pulse (5-3) SPLIT-PEA {APE}*
8   Fertilizer from nuclear fission: NCL release (4) UREA nUclEAR*
14 At odds with uninitiated cop's positioning (8) OPPOSING {cOP}{POSING}
16 Refuse to accept overtime income for starters and bargain (9) NEGOTIATE {NEG{OT}{In...e}ATE}
17 So, on tour I can be disgraceful (9) NOTORIOUS*
19 Case of a woman with a primarily troubled man (7) SHEATHE {SHE}{A}{Tr...d}{HE}
20 Downfall of Siemens engineer... (7) NEMESIS*
22 ...affected understudy Sunder: Quit the job (4) DUTY undersTUDY*
23 European vegetable (5) SWEDE [DD]
25 Plant's plan placed by novice engineer (5) MAPLE {MAP}{L}{E}

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33 comments:

  1. RameshJ15 June 2015 at 08:31

    It should be raining samosas today

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  2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 June 2015 at 08:36

    An early morning breakfast with a plateful of samosas to start the week! Nice one AD. Enjoyed it thoroughly! Thank you. :-)))

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  3. Chaturvasi15 June 2015 at 08:47

    Re 1ac
    Is there a mistake in def?
    The mania is not a lover but love, if you get what I mean.

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    1. Padmanabhan15 June 2015 at 09:12

      Exactly. I put in biblophile and wasted a lot of time before changing it thanks to crossings.Biblomania is love of books.

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    2. Suresh15 June 2015 at 09:33

      If you read tyhe def as booklover's it may work out as what a booklover has.

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  4. Chaturvasi15 June 2015 at 08:53

    Re 13ac
    Can T ind (in) come after T fodder (Kangaroo stench)?

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  5. Ramani15 June 2015 at 08:56

    Thanks for 9Ac AD. Really enjoyed solving this.

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  6. Chaturvasi15 June 2015 at 08:57

    Is today's theme use of proper names/nouns in as many clues as possible?

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    1. Richard15 June 2015 at 09:12

      A 'brand'-new idea, a la Sowmya...

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    2. Padmanabhan15 June 2015 at 09:22

      Brand-old? (esp. when you mention Sowmya)

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    3. Sowmya15 June 2015 at 11:23

      Looks like I have been Branded with brand crosswords:) It's a free world after all:) Welcome to the dark side AD:):)

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  7. RameshJ15 June 2015 at 09:00

    Company names

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    1. Deepak Gopinath15 June 2015 at 09:08

      Is it really themed? I see only 3 companies

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    2. RameshJ15 June 2015 at 09:25

      4: L&T,NCL.Honda,Siemens

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    3. RameshJ15 June 2015 at 13:43

      What is the minimum number of themed words needed for it be considered a theme based crossword? 5?

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    4. Deepak Gopinath15 June 2015 at 16:01

      I think CV had once mentioned at least 6

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  8. Deepak Gopinath15 June 2015 at 09:03

    See photographs of yesterday's met at Black Rabbit at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152871285695969.1073741829.166766110968&type=3

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  9. Padmanabhan15 June 2015 at 09:14

    Real samosas out there!!
    Bombe almost bombed on me. First time I hear about it- got it with a little search.

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  10. Padmanabhan15 June 2015 at 09:21

    Thank you Col. for the link to photos. Almost a full S&B meet or is it only setters and no solvers?
    There seems to be a buzz in Bangalore when Buzzer is around. Any chance of Bhavan passing through Chennai?

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  11. Padmanabhan15 June 2015 at 09:24

    Deletion of L&T not very clear in 6D.
    Should Siemens have a rethink about their name?

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  12. Shrikanth15 June 2015 at 09:31

    Sorry for the mistakes folks. There was an issue in this cycle. My laptop crashed and I lost the latest works. Due to paucity of time I had dust some of the very old clues and send it with not much of time to edit

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    1. Kishore15 June 2015 at 14:03

      25th honeymoon ka after effects ;)

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    2. Shrikanth15 June 2015 at 22:07

      I wish it was Kishore. Guess it's before effects

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  13. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 June 2015 at 10:03

    7Dn : Ape has pulse (5-3) SPLIT-PEA {APE}*
    It's a reverse anagram clue I think?

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    1. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan15 June 2015 at 10:30

      Yes MB sir . Split -anagrind, def - Pulse .

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 June 2015 at 10:50

      Thanks, LV, for confirming it! Now I feel I've some measure of these Reverse Anagram clues. :)

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  14. Unknown15 June 2015 at 14:34

    I was employed with SIEMENS for 8 years, at Delhi.

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  15. Chaturvasi15 June 2015 at 18:01

    To Deepak
    Re use of apostrophes
    May I provide the following link to an article on the vexed topic in a reputed (Richard, are you happy that I am not using the word 'reputable'?)

    http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/02/random-apostrophization/

    PS: Apologies for the illustration for which I am not responsible.

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  16. Padmanabhan15 June 2015 at 20:50

    Sir,
    This is what causes confusion-
    With personal names that end in -s: add an apostrophe plus s when you would naturally pronounce an extra s if you said the word out loud:

    He joined Charles’s army in 1642.

    Dickens's novels provide a wonderful insight into Victorian England.

    Thomas's brother was injured in the accident.

    Note that there are some exceptions to this rule, especially in names of places or organizations, for example:

    St Thomas’ Hospital

    If you aren’t sure about how to spell a name, look it up in an official place such as the organization’s website.

    With personal names that end in -s but are not spoken with an extra s: just add an apostrophe after the -s:

    The court dismissed Bridges' appeal.

    Connors' finest performance was in 1991.

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  17. Shrikanth15 June 2015 at 22:05

    It wasn't themed. 4 was plain chance

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